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A Search for Information: Joseph Levison (1929-1951)
My name is Dan Rubins and I am a composer and writer based in New York City. I was recently commissioned to write an opera about my great-uncle Joseph (Joe) Levison, who grew up in Halifax and died in 1951 in the Korean War at age 22. Joe attended Queen Elizabeth High School, St. Mary’s…
Read MoreFilm: The Child Behind The Eyes – Dartmouth Players Theatre, August 29th-31st
The Child Behind the Eyes In 2016, Vivian Melde, Nava Sarracino and Christel Veraart joined forces to present The Child Behind the Eyes, by Israeli playwright Nava Semel. This monodrama was commissioned in 1986 by actress Assi Eshed, whose son was born with Down syndrome. Originally written in Hebrew, this play was translated into 10…
Read MoreThe AJC’s 16th Annual Holocaust Education Week
Saint John: October 6, 2019Halifax: October 30 – November 7, 2019 PUBLIC OPENING EVENT: “The Day I Met Hitler” Film Screening W/ introduction and narration by the Filmmaker Oct. 30th | 7PM | Halifax Central Library, Paul O’Regan Hall Film screening with introduction and narration by the filmmaker Ronen Israelski. “The Day I Met Hitler” features…
Read MoreA Day of Fun on the South Shore – Sunday August 4th, 9am-6pm
Once again, PJ Library programming is in action! Come join the AJC and PJ Library for a fun family day along the South Shore. We will ride a coach bus together and have fun picking strawberries, swimming and playing in the sand at Rissers Beach, a bring-your-own picnic lunch, and visiting Camp Kadimah! The cost…
Read MoreThe Shaar Shalom Library Bookclub discusses “Ariel Samson: Freelance Rabbi” by MaNishtana – Aug. 25th, 12:30pm, @the Shaar
The next meeting of the Shaar Shalom Library Book Club will be Sunday, August 25 at 12:30 PM, in the Shaar Library. They will be discussing MaNishtana’s Ariel Samson: Freelance Rabbi *Coffee and bagels will be served. About the Book SYNOPSISAriel Samson is just your run of the mill anomaly: a 20-something black Orthodox Jewish…
Read MoreUnveiling for Dr Sheldon Rubin and for Dr David Rubin – August 18, at the Moncton Jewish Cemetery
On Sunday, August 18, probably late in the morning (more details to come) Unveiling for Dr Sheldon Rubin and for Dr David Rubin, at the cemetery.
Read MoreGovernment of Canada Adopts the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism!
On June 25th, the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism, Pablo Rodriguez, announced that the Government of Canada is furthering their efforts to combat antisemitism in Canada by formally adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism as a part of its new anti-racism strategy. The IHRA definition definitively and explicitly recognizes that anti-Zionism-…
Read MoreThe Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition
We are just over a month away from our July 3, 2019 deadline for the Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition. The winning playwright will receive a $1,000 prize, an 8-hour workshop with an Equity director, and up to six Equity actors. This workshop concludes in a public staged play reading presentation. For more information about the…
Read MoreThe Shuk: Machane Yehuda – June 4th, Hillel House Atlantic, 7pm
The Atlantic Jewish Council Presents… The SHUK: Machane Yehuda shuk food | fun atmosphere | israeli music Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 7:00pm Hillel House Atlantic – 1480 Oxford St. (Side Entrance) Cost – Free! (Please Register in Advance – https://form.jotform.com/91494303923256 All Ages Come join us and meet Nevo, our guest Israel fellow!
Read MoreLooking back at the Impact of the Jewish Community on Cape Breton
Miners became peddlers, peddlers became shop owners, and the retail business districts of the four communities eventually came to be dominated by Jewish merchants. https://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/looking-back-on-jewish-communitys-impact-on-life-in-cape-breton-291378/
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